and now current prime minister noda has dissolved the lower house paving the way for fresh elections in to december. we can take a look at what's been happening with markets. the n nikkei adding better than 2% for the last couple of days. as the yen weakens, we're seeing this rally come into the nikkei, lifting stocks. why? because there's basically a view that when the ldp comes back into power, and he'll be the seventh prime minister in the last six years, but he will nevertheless his party has been calling on the bank of japan to pursue more aggressive stimulus policies. yes, even more aggressive than it's already been basically to join the unlimited qe camp along with the u.s. and in that sense raisin nation towards maybe 3%. that's the new target they're floating. in any case, even at a time when we've seen more hedge funds betting against japanese corporations, here comes policy trying to sail to the rescue. a key litmus test broadly speaking as we look at other western nations wondering whether they'll go the way of japan in the future as to whether aggressive moves three deca